MVP winner Woodson helped Green Bay limit Arizona to 45 points. Revis held the high flying Chargers offense to 14 points on their home turf (and only 7 with 3 minutes to go in the game). Here is Peter King's writeup of his performance on Sunday: A cornerback can't play much better than Darrelle Revis did Sunday. "We've got a ton of respect for Revis,'' Philip Rivers told me Friday at the Chargers' training facility, "but we're not going to avoid him. We'll take some shots at him.'' Oh really? Rivers went back to pass 45 times (40 passes, two sacks, three runs after being chased from the pocket), and I charted Revis' coverage pattern on every one of Rivers' pass-drops. By my count, Rivers threw four passes into the zone where Revis had primary coverage, or to the man Revis was playing man-to-man. One was complete, to LaDainian Tomlinson, for a loss of four yards. One, to Legadu Naanee, was batted down by a diving Revis on a cross route. One, to Vincent Jackson, a deep pass up the left seam, was overthrown, with Revis and Jackson running stride for stride. And the fourth, to Jackson, was up for grabs between the two, with Revis coming down with a juggled ball for an interception in a spectacular play. Four times Rivers went at Revis in 45 pass calls. One completion, for minus-four. One interception. You cannot play the position better than Revis played it Sunday. I don't care if you're Deion Sanders or Night Train Lane. Revis put on a clinic, a masterful display of clinging coverage and bump-and-run when the situation called for it. "We were playing a lot of man coverage on his side regardless who the receiver was,'' Rex Ryan said, "and on the other side we were running some loaded zones and mixes and things like that. He had the tough guy most of the time.'' I told Revis the numbers in the tunnel after the game, just before he boarded the team buses for the airport. "I guess they gave me a lot of respect. It's my job, to cover guys, and I hope I do it pretty well.'' More than pretty well.
I would have voted for Woodson, hell Revis voted for Woodson. The Jets have a much better all around defense than the Packers do, when you get a frenzied pass rush your corners are going to benefit.
No love for the guy who caught more interceptions than both of them and ran them back for more yards (and three TDs) than anyone else in NFL history?
Sharper had the award won at the halfway mark in the season, but then the injuries unfortunately came and the Saints defense stopped forcing turnovers and looked more than suspect down the stretch (especially the last 5 games). Had the CBs stayed healthy, I think Sharper would have ended up with 12 or 13 interceptions and possibly a 4th for a TD and then it would have been a slam dunk MVP. I just think the award should have gone to the person who had the most impact on why their defense was so good. The Jets operate on the ability of Revis to totally shut down his man for the entire game.
Revis should have won this award by a mile. He's the best defensive player in the game, period. Just look at all the great WR he totally shut down this season.... Moss, Wayne, Ocho, TO, etc.
I think Revis should have won but its not a travesty either though that Woodson won. I think Revis was the best shut down CB since the days of Primetime. He is flat out dominating. The key is to see if Revis can play at this high of a level for around 5 years like Deion did.
Yeah seriously. Ocho and Owens don't need a top CB to get shutdown bc half the time they shut themselves down
